Patents by Inventor Masakazu Mokuno

Masakazu Mokuno has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Image processing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6924807
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing image data to produce an image for covering an image area of a display includes a plurality of graphics processors, each graphics processor being operable to render the image data into frame image data and to store the frame image data in a respective local frame buffer; a control processor operable to provide instructions to the plurality of graphics processors; and at least one merge unit operable to synchronously receive the frame image data from the respective local frame buffers and to synchronously produce combined frame image data based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ebihara, Kazumi Sato, Masakazu Mokuno, Hideki Hara
  • Image processing apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20020030694
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing image data to produce an image for covering an image area of a display includes a plurality of graphics processors, each graphics processor being operable to render the image data into frame image data and to store the frame image data in a respective local frame buffer; a control processor operable to provide instructions to the plurality of graphics processors; and at least one merge unit operable to synchronously receive the frame image data from the respective local frame buffers and to synchronously produce combined frame image data based thereon
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ebihara, Kazumi Sato, Masakazu Mokuno, Hideki Hara